In the first pages of any good story, a seasoned storyteller will provide readers with a picture of the "lay of the land," or as some call it, "the current situation."

Episode No. 3 commences the telling of America's Story, as I understand it. We begin with a trip back to the early 1990's and set the story's stage as two budding novelists meet for breakfast on a cold, February morning and discuss their big storytelling vision.